Archinect - News 2024-12-22T06:11:58-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/79606944/why-aren-t-there-more-designer-founders Why Aren't There More Designer Founders? Archinect 2013-08-16T14:37:00-04:00 >2013-08-16T14:38:51-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f2/f2100d4b32a35fe3102c7df83e30beb0?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>We&rsquo;re supposedly in the midst of a design renaissance, where beyond the clich&eacute; Steve Jobs and Apple ecosystem example, we see a design-centric focus in everything from soap (Method) and thermostats (Nest) to email (Mailbox) and even baby food (Plum Organics). And yet, there&rsquo;s a dearth of designer founders.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>